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^ They play around LA all the time, so I'm sure you'll have a chance again sometime soon.

The new LindstrÝm Smallhans is much, much better than Six Cups... from earlier in the year. It's maybe not as strong as Where You Go... or Feedelity..., but I'm just glad he got that odd experimentation out of his system and got back to what he does best.

Originally Posted by roberto73

I'd contribute to this discussion but I'm still busy reminiscing about the halcyon days of punk. You know, the mid-90s.

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Has anyone else listened to Peter Buck's solo album yet? I was expecting lots of R.E.M.-style jingle-jangle, but it's a surprisingly (and admirably) wonky album, with some odd experiments that come out of left field. There isn't much of a thread tying the songs together, but I kinda like the loose, ramshackle nature of it. There's a little rock, a little surf music, some country-tinged stuff, and a kick-ass number featuring Corin Tucker on vocals. It's certainly not a major work (no one will be ranking it with R.E.M.'s best stuff), but as one-off albums go, it's pretty fun.

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Originally Posted by nosurprises12

The new LindstrÝm Smallhans is much, much better than Six Cups... from earlier in the year. It's maybe not as strong as Where You Go... or Feedelity..., but I'm just glad he got that odd experimentation out of his system and got back to what he does best.

I have no idea who Lindstrom is but I heard "Raakost" on KCRW a couple months ago and absolutely loved it.

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So I keep coming back to the Wild Nothing album, very clean harmonies/melodies and just a good vibe. Could easily see them in an early afternoon tent set at chella this year. They remind me of Real Estate, with synths.

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Originally Posted by ods..

So the I keep coming back to the Wild Nothing album, very clean harmonies/melodies and just a good vibe. Could easily see them in an early afternoon tent set at chella this year. They remind me of Real Estate, with synths.

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Wild Nothing seems much more dream pop/goth-influenced than Beach House to me. I think i like them more than Beach House too. I don't love them, but I never would have eevn compared them to Beach House or Real Estate in the first place.

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Originally Posted by ods..

So I keep coming back to the Wild Nothing album, very clean harmonies/melodies and just a good vibe. Could easily see them in an early afternoon tent set at chella this year. They remind me of Real Estate, with synths.

I think this is an under-the-radar great album, too. A fully-realized and mature record.

To the idea that they or Beach House may be more/less dream pop. I think they are both broadly dream pop, but Beach House is something of a different case simply because of the amount of organ involved in the songwriting, which seems somewhat novel for the genre, and least in its classic form.

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So the new Raime album, Quarter Turns Over A Living Line, continues their trend of living up to the name of their record label, Blackest Ever Black. Ostensibly, it could be considered techno, but it could equally be considered industrial, noise, and dark ambient. It's dark and foreboding and ripe with atmosphere tied to some heavy, sluggish rhythms. Upon first listen, I can easily recommend this to people who like Shackleton and Demdike Stare, although it's probably even more austere than those acts.